Since it’s the end of another Summer of Narnia, here’s a visual essay about endings … the ending (death) of Jadis! It’s a scene you don’t find depicted too often. I can guess that it’s too grim. It’s not an iconic event in the book like Lucy meeting Mr. Tumnus under the lamppost is. It …
I came across these covers on a search today. They’re from Estonia, and different from most covers I’ve seen. The one above is The Magician’s Nephew, but in Estonian, it translates literally as “The Miracle Worker’s Son.” It’s one of the very few covers I’ve seen that depicts Jadis in stasis in the Hall of …
I’ve always thought dead lion paintings like the above and sculptures like this one influenced C. S. Lewis’s description of the bound and dead Aslan’s presence and majesty. Note how the artist’s second name even means “Lion” in Spanish! Gérôme is famed today for his Orientalism, that is, paintings that depict everyday life in places …
Along the lines of the lamppost post (punny!) below: it’s not so hard to create a Narnian costume, even a group one. This trio used an expert hand in theatrical makeup along with some simple costumes and props: fur coat, Halloween wig, white garments, and a nicely painted cardboard box, with hangers. It gets the …
Here we have one of the most overlooked characters in The Lion, the Witch, and Wardrobe: the lamppost. The young lady portraying it clearly takes her job very seriously. She shows no emotion, as a pole made of metal and glass would, and should. Other members of the play’s cast might have danced and cavorted …
Design for a book cover with the kids and the witch, who, with her golden halo, looks like an evil saint. I like how the artist caught aspects of the kids’ personalities here and gave them the correct hair colors that were in the book. An angry witch who appears to screaming “Hand over that …
Here’s a number of interesting White Witches that I found over the course of a year. The above one is of Jadis in her… chariot! She kept it stored in her garage in case the snow melted. In the Walden movie it was pulled by polar bears. Another unusual one is this fiber arts White …
In part two of this series I’m going to concentrate on more… aspirational Maugrims. For example, who says Maugrim has to be male? None of these were from a Narnia production, as far as I know, but I’m including them to show the variation when costuming a wolf character. Now, imagine the impact on stage …
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